You will probably consider me to be incredibly nerdy for this, but if you have watched the latest Transformers trailer, you have heard one of my new and absolutely favorite quotes.
"Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."
I was just talking to a friend the other day about worry and how pointless it is. Because, the truth of the matter is that it's never the stuff you lie awake worrying about at night that happens. It's always the stuff that comes out of absolutely nowhere and spins your life upside down.
It's the stuff like the phone call on a random Wednesday evening telling you that your sister has been rushed to the hospital... they think it's lymphoma. Or the regular phone call from your mom with the not-so-regular news that she found a lump. Or your husband's car spinning out of control right in front of your eyes on the highway. Or even a man standing in the back of your garage one day and scaring the living shit out of you.
Do I need to go on?
I know that every single (3) of you reading this right now is nodding your head along with me. Right now you're running down the list of your own personal tragedies and how they blindsided you in the middle of a seemingly normal summer day, or winter night, or fall morning.
Why do we waste our time worrying about the "what ifs" when generally the things that really get you, are the things you could never have anticipated.
And while I'm taking the time to ponder some of life's great puzzlers, here's a doozy for you: Why do some people have so much trouble finding their life's happiness?
It's really not very fair. I think that's the only explanation... life isn't fair. As a junior high teacher I have to explain that to my students all the time. At that age, they think everything should be fair and equal... and sometimes... as terrible as it sounds.. things just aren't fair. But why is that?
Good question.
Anybody?
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